Acton and Boxborough preliminary primary results

Matt Mallio @actonbeacon

Wednesday

Sep 5, 2018 at 12:11 PMSep 5, 2018 at 12:11 PM

More than 4,000 Acton residents cast their vote, Tuesday in the state's primary elections, according to preliminary results posted on the town's website. At about 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, Acton Town Clerk Eva Szkaradek said there had been 4,066 votes cast. By the time the polls closed, the preliminary results showed a total of 4,460 votes, just over 30 percent of enrolled voters. In Boxborough, 1,074 votes were cast out of a total of 3,776 enrolled voters. This was a turnout of just over 28 percent.

14th Middlesex

Tami Gouveia won the primary race for the 14th Middlesex state representative seat, which was held by Democrat Cory Atkins for almost 20 years. Gouveia, for precincts 1, 2, and 6 received a total of 1,041 votes. In second place was Benjamin Bloomenthal, who received a total of 430 votes among the three precincts. Christian Krueger received a total of 56 votes.

Third Congressional

The Third Congressional district, held by the retiring Nikki Tsongas, was a crowded one with 10 Democratic candidates. As as of now, Lori Trahan, the former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan, is the declared victor, but with a razor thin margin of 52 votes over Dan Koh, former chief of staff to Boston’s mayor, the race is may be headed for a recount.

In Acton, however, the majority of voters chose Rufus Gifford in that race who received 920 votes. Barbara L'Italien came next with 796 votes. Koh was third and received 671 votes. Trahan received 583 votes. Alexandra Chandler received 490 votes. Juana Matias received 234 votes. Beej Das received 91 votes. Jeffrey Ballinger received 38 votes. Bopha Malone received 23 votes. Leonard Golder received 22 votes.

Preliminary results in In Boxborough show that Koh won the town, receiving 172 votes. L'Italien was second, with 163 votes. Gifford received 143 votes. Trahan received 126 votes. Chandler received 114 votes. Matias received 53 votes. Das received 11 votes. Golder received 10 votes. Ballinger received eight votes. Malone received two votes.

Incumbent William Galvin defeated Boston City Councillor Josh Zakim, for the Secretary of State contest in both Acton and Boxborough. In Acton, Galvin received 2,132 votes to Zakim's 1,344. In Boxborough, Galvin received 524 votes to Zakim's 242 votes.

For additional information on different races and results, please visit the Acton and Boxborough town websites.